Garment-supporter loop.



No. 758,686. I PATHNTED MAY 3, 1904.

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GARMENT SUPPORTBR LOOP.

APPLICATION PILiID FEB. 15, 1904.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of- Letters Patent No. 758,686, dated May'3, 190 4. Application filed February 15, 1904; Serial No. 193,562. No model.)

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Be it known that I, .losicrn ll. PILKINGION,

a citizenof the United States, residing at 'aterbury, county of New Haven, State of (Jonnectieut, have invented certain new and useful lmprovcments in (iarment Supportcr Loops, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to in'iprmements in.

loops for garment-summrters.

in the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a partially-formed garmerit-supporter loop. Fig. 2 is an edge elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the finished garment-supporter loop. Fig. 4 is an edge elevation. thereof. Fig. 5 is a sec tion of the loop on the line 5 5, Fig. 3. Fig. (3 is a plan view of Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a section on the line 7 7, Fig. 3, looking in the direction of the arrows.

My improved loop is formed from wire and comprises two closed loop-se( '.tions, one section being constructed to permanently receive the tape or webbing which supports the loop,

' 5 while the other section is arranged to receive and detachably hold a portion of the garment which is to be supported.

in the drawings, A A are side bars of the loop. These side bars are first so shaped as 3 to providea lower section, having a central opening B to receive that portion of the garment to be supported. The side bars A A are then bent at their upper ends so as to cross 7 one another. in'substantially the same plane.

" These crossed ends are upturned to form bends C C, while the extreme ends are bent inwardly, so as to overlap one another and form the upper cross-bar. The loop thus partially formed is indicated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the 4 drawings; The final operation of forming the loop comprises a swaging process. This swaging process flattens down the wire at the ends and at the crossing-point and forms shoulders l) 1) near the ends of the wife, so

that the ,extreme ends of the Wire will abut against said shoulders and prevent the collapse of the loop by compressive -force applied to the opposite side bars A A. This swaging szsr i NT iFFijCEg at the crossing-point of'thc wires.pro'(luces' a compound curve on the surface of one wiredio where it crosses the other, which serves to prevent the side bars A A from being sprung apart; unduly, In the preferred form ofmga" invention, as will be observed upon references to Figsl, 2, and 3, the wire of the side bar A crossss over said bar A in front, while the ex-. tremo end of. the sidebar A lies to the rear of the extreme end of the side bar A. This crossing over and under of the wire provides an. interlocking effect, which prevents the twisting apart of the side bars.

From the foregoing it is apparent that not only is the loop as a whole so constructed from I a single piece of wire as to resist successfullythe ordinary strains which might tend to unduly spread the side bars A A or such as might cause the collapse of the loop, but the twisting open of the loop is also guarded against. i i I By my construction I am enabled to dispense entirely with the usual sleeve or tubular covering, such as customarily applied to wire loops at the extreme upper portion to form a sheath for the ends and toafford a bearing for the bight in the webbingin which the loop is secured. I

I am aware that wire loops are old; but in no instance do I know of a loop constructed after the manner of my present invention in which the loop is formed entirelyof apiece of wirehaving overlapping ends which are so formed as to provide abutting shoulders adjacent to said overlapping ends to prevent the collapse of the loop and limit the movement of the yielding sides. Theconstruction is such that the side bars may yield outwardly slightly, facilitating the introduction and retention of a portion of the garment. The swaging down of the crossing-points of the loop and the overlapping ends is not only advantageous for the reasons aforesaid, but it reduces said overlapping and crossing POIAliS of the loop to a size or thickness corresponding, substantially, to the normal thickand attractive appearance thereto.

ness of the wire, thus imparting a gracefulos Whativ 1claimis Y 1. A m-ment-supporter loop formed from wircjan comprising two closed loop-sections,

one-for receivinga portion of the garment, the other for receiving a supporting-tape or webbing, the extreme ends; of the wire meetwire and comprising two closed loop-sections,

one for receiving a portion of the garment, the other for receiving a supporting-tapeor webbing, the extreme ends of the wire meeting to form an upper crossbar and overlapping each other, and ashoulder near each end of the wire and arranged to receive the thrust of the opposite end.

3. A garment-supporter loop formed from wire and comprising side bars bent to cross each other at a point intermediate their length,

the ends of said wire being again bent to form an upper cross-bar, said ends overlapping, said wire at the crossing --point and at the overlapped ends port-ions being swaged down to substantially the normal thickness of the wire.

4. A garment-supporter loop formed from wire and comprising two closed'loop-sections, one for receiving a portion of the garment, the other for receiving a supporting-tape or webbing, the extreme ends of the wire meet-.

ing to form an upper cross-bar and overlapping each other, and a shoulder near the extreme end of the wire arranged to receive the thrust of the opposite end of the wire, the

' wire of one side bar crossing over and under the wire of the opposite side bar.

Signed at Waterbury,Connecticut, this 1 1th day of February, 1904.

JOSEPH H. PILKINGTON.

\Yitnesses: I

CLARA L. DODGE, LAUBENA L. Lewis. 

